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2019-08-14perf tools: Add helpers to use capabilities if presentIgor Lubashev1-0/+29
Add utilities to help checking capabilities of the running procss. Make perf link with libcap, if it is available. If no libcap-dev[el], fallback to the geteuid() == 0 test used before. Committer notes: $ perf test python 18: 'import perf' in python : FAILED! $ perf test -v python Couldn't bump rlimit(MEMLOCK), failures may take place when creating BPF maps, etc 18: 'import perf' in python : --- start --- test child forked, pid 23288 Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so: undefined symbol: cap_get_flag test child finished with -1 ---- end ---- 'import perf' in python: FAILED! $ This happens because differently from the perf binary generated with this patch applied: $ ldd /tmp/build/perf/perf | grep libcap libcap.so.2 => /lib64/libcap.so.2 (0x00007f724a4ef000) $ The python binding isn't linking with libcap: $ ldd /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so | grep libcap $ So add 'cap' to the 'extra_libraries' variable in tools/perf/util/setup.py, and rebuild: $ perf test python 18: 'import perf' in python : Ok $ If we explicitely disable libcap it also continues to work: $ make NO_LIBCAP=1 -C tools/perf O=/tmp/build/perf install-bin $ ldd /tmp/build/perf/perf | grep libcap $ ldd /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so | grep libcap $ perf test python 18: 'import perf' in python : Ok $ Signed-off-by: Igor Lubashev <[email protected]> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <[email protected]> Cc: Alexey Budankov <[email protected]> Cc: James Morris <[email protected]> Cc: Mathieu Poirier <[email protected]> Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Suzuki Poulouse <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] [ split from a larger patch ] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8a1e76cf5c7c9796d0d4d240fbaa85305298aafa.1565188228.git.ilubashe@akamai.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>